Cancer clues. Sequencing tumor DNA can find changes that drive cancer cell growth. Credit: NHGRI Cancer researchers who have spent the last 7 years compiling a catalog of mutations in patients’ tumors are now talking about what they should do next. This week, researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) unveiled a project on their wish list: a much broader survey of 10,000 tumors per cancer type that would aim to pin down very …
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Reuters Officials from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) work at a tallying centre at the Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday. Nairobi – Kenyan authorities were racing to gather final election results on Wednesday, with the partial count still giving the lead to a politician who faces charges in The Hague for ethnic killings following the 2007 vote. Counting since…
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By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT | Wed Mar 6, 2013 4:40pm EST (Reuters) – Syrian rebels have seized a convoy of U.N. peacekeepers near the Golan Heights and say they will hold them captive until President Bashar al-Assad’s forces pull back from a rebel-held village which has seen heavy recent fighting. The capture was announced…
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A video posted online showed men claiming to be Syrian rebels with a UN marked vehicle About 20 UN observers have been detained by about 30 armed fighters in the Golan Heights on the Syria-Israel border, the UN has confirmed. It said the observers were monitoring a ceasefire between Syria and Israel. A video posted earlier on the internet showed men claiming to be Syrian rebels standing next to vehicles with the letters “UN” written on them. The…
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March 6, 2013 by The Master Chief Earlier this week, we posted photos of Drake making it rain $50,000 at a strip club in Charlotte, North Carolina, and we’re sure many of you were shocked at the amount of money that was strewn all over the floor … but did you know that as a rapper, Drake could actually write that off on his taxes as a business expense? According to a group of rappers …
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By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Mar 6, 2013 4:00pm EST (Reuters) – The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge moved out of the shadow of its more famous sibling, the Golden Gate, to dazzle on Tuesday night when a high-tech artist turned it into a sculpture of moving lights. Some 25,000 LED lights transformed the 1.8-mile long, 500-foot (152-meter) tall …
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March 6, 2013 by The Master Chief The family of slain black gay Mississippi mayoral candidate Marco McMillian has issued a statement saying that the political hopeful was savagely beaten and left for dead near a river. Family friend Carter Womack said that McMillian’s family received the information on their loved one’s brutal death from the Coahoma County coroner, Scotty Meredith, who declined to comment on the situation…
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See below for the chat box. Join us each Thursday at 3 p.m. EST for a live conversation with leading scientists and expert reporters. Today’s Topic The open access publishing movement recently scored a victory when the White House announced it will soon require U.S. science agencies to make the scientific papers they fund freely available online within 12 months of publication. Are taxpayers entitled to see the scientific papers they fund? Could public access improve scientific…
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6 Mar 2013 18:13 The firm promised to give PC buyers a clear alternative to having Internet Explorer installed after being fined £742million in 2009 Chairman: Bill Gates Getty Microsoft has been fined £484million by the European Commission for breaking a promise to offer users a choice of internet browser. It comes after the firm…
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In the April 2013 issue of Vanity Fair , Taylor Swift reveals that she is still feeling the burn over Golden Globe inspired jokes that poked fun at her lack of dating skills. Co-hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler double teamed the country singer, warning her to stay away from celebrity trophy presenter Sam Fox, the son of Michael J. Fox . Katie Couric apparently sympathized with her pal Taylor, and shared this quote following the incident, “There’s a special …
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Veteran sitcom actress Valerie Harper admits she was “stunned” two months ago when she was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Valerie, 73, spoke with PEOPLE magazine about the diagnosis that she received on January 15. Tests revealed the rare condition, leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, occurs when cancer cells spread into the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain. The incurable disease accounts for less than 2% of…
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Rihanna Thongin’ Out in Risque Instagram Pic Rihanna got a new pair of thigh-high boots yesterday … and to celebrate, she took a photo of herself wearing them … and a g-string. RiRi instagrammed the pic … along with the following message: “Gotcha bitch tip toeing on my marble flo’!!! Sick ass custom Prada boots! Miuccia you RULE!!! Thank you.” No, Rihanna … thank YOU.
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Kate Middleton may have accidentally revealed the gender of her unborn child . During a visit to the National Fishing Heritage Centre in Grimsby, England yesterday, the Duchess of Cambridge was given a white teddy bear by a local, Diane Burton. Kate’s response was “Thank you, I’ll take that for my d—.” She quickly ended her sentence. Questioned by the crowd on the fact that…
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With sea salt. I figured the title was already long enough, but I didn’t want to leave those few extra words out completely because the salt? It really makes these cookies. There’s a lot of sweetness going on with the sugar, chocolate chips, and Nutella filling and the salt really helps to balance it all out. Don’t skimp 
I pride myself on having self-control around cookies. I never worry about leaving a plate of them sitting…
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Shao Zhanwei.[File photo] A deputy to the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s legislature, died of a heart attack in Beijing on Wednesday morning during the ongoing NPC annual session, sources said. The legislator, Shao Zhanwei, is also mayor of Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province. Shao, born in February 1956, became mayor of Hangzhou in February 2011, according to the official website of Hangzhou government.
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